Seedpod Publishing

Publisher info

Seedpod is a digital micro-publisher, publishing a small number of carefully prepared books of fiction and memoir each year as well as an on-going series of flash fiction on Twitter. Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Bloomsbury Group as well as the dawn of the era of digital reading, Seedpod’s goal is to nurture writers, to help grow compelling writing, and to share good stories with the world.

Fed up with low-paying, menial jobs that infringe on his boozy, loafing lifestyle, Wicker sets off on a road trip to Las Vegas, where the drinks are free, the slots are loose, and a megajackpot could solve his problems forever. On his pilgrimage he finds exactly what he wasn't looking for in Edna, a wayward geriatric with an agenda of her own.

Lydia Poole eats only one cup of Cheerios per day and lets her weight drop below ninety pounds. When Lydia’s sister introduces Jesse, a new friend and filmmaker, Lydia agrees to be the subject of his documentary. With the camera running, Lydia shifts from the viewfinder’s object to the eye behind the camera. In doing so, she discovers how she wants to see her world.

Sixteen-year-old Tracey Burns has been confined to a single room for two years. One night, amid chaotic spring winds, she slips to freedom and inadvertently sets herself on a journey that takes her further away from the one thing she wants most: to find the mother who left her behind.